An elderly woman was killed after being hit by a bus in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Tofayelennesa Maya, 64, wife of late Belal Patwari of Patwari Bari in the Forest Department area of the upazila.
According to locals, Maya was walking along the road when a Cumilla-bound Boogdad Paribahan bus from Chandpur struck her in the Forest Department area on the Chandpur-Cumilla highway, leaving her injured.
She died shortly afterwards, said her daughter Shahina Akter.
She said Maya used to take morning walk along the road every day and was on her regular walk when the accident happened.
Inspector (Investigation) of Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station Mintu Dutta said the bus sped away after the accident.